hi dorothy you wrote: >First and of the utmost foremost, you are in >my thoughts and prayers as I watched the >weather channel. Paradise also has it's >problems today and we are concerned. i think you may have my bermudian island paradise mixed up with lisa crumrine's us virginian [?] island paradise we are in the same latitude as north carolina [32] and pretty much due north of the virgins so lisa's getting the worst of it so far who knows where erika may 'wobble' next! per the latest advisory: >AT 11 A.M. ATLANTIC TIME ... 1500Z ... THE CENTER OF HURRICANE >ERIKA WAS NEAR LATITUDE 20.2 NORTH ... LONGITUDE 63.2 WEST OR ABOUT >220 MILES ... 350 KILOMETERS ... NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO. > >ERIKA IS NEARLY STATIONARY BUT A SLOW NORTHWESTWARD TO NORTHWARD >MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HOWEVER THERE IS STILL >THE POSSIBILITY OF A SOUTHWESTWARD WOBBLE ... WHICH COULD BRING >STRONGER WINDS TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OR PUERTO RICO ... AND A >HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. >Thanks so much for the post. I am most >interested. I'm a foody--probably have 600+ >cookbooks. uh-oh i'm a foody too but only maybe 200 books and 13 years of gourmet! >Dick and i have been to Greece twice, >hence the real interest in anything Mediterranean. uh oh i have been to italy three times and am now addicted they have better food at their motorway truck stops than the average n.a. restaurant whut a family we are! love janet [log in to unmask]